$11.5 million increase to shelters and counselling, but no news on Sexual Violence Support services

Published On: November 28, 2018

Last week, Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues Lisa McLeod announced a $11.5 million increase to shelters and counselling services. While we laud this investment as positive for our shelter sisters and counselling services, this announcement created significant confusion among Ontario sexual assault centres and other violence support services.

In March 2018, the Province of Ontario launched a strategy which would see a significant increase in funding for Ontario sexual assault centres. At that time, the government — and sexual violence support service providers alike – praised the plan, which aimed to help survivors of sexual violence “get the support they need, when they need it”.

Yet despite this commitment – and our attempts for information on it from regional and provincial government – this funding increase has yet to become reality. Read OCRCC’s response here. 

Share This Story, Choose Your Platform!

  • Government to back bill declaring partner violence an epidemic: OCRCC responds

    Ontario will support a bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in the province. Previous to this, the province rejected this recommendation. The recommendation came from an inquest into [...]

    Published On: April 16, 2024

  • National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence announced in Ontario: OCRCC responds

    This letter was sent to provincial and federal political leaders connected to the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence in November 2023. Dear Honourable Minister Ien, Honourable Williams and [...]

    Published On: February 26, 2024

  • Former World Junior Hockey players face sex assault charges: OCRCC responds

    Five former 2018 world junior hockey players were told to surrender to police in London, Ont., to face charges in a case related to "a sexual assault investigation dating back to 2018”[1]. Since [...]

    Published On: January 30, 2024